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Explore DDD 2026

Explore DDD 2026 is an immersive event designed for software architects, engineers, product managers, and practitioners focused on complex domains. The conference features two days of pre-conference workshops and three days of expert talks and hands-on workshops, culminating in the Design Storm: a multi-cohort modeling challenge using real water-management d…

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40Speakers
2Sponsors
0On the bill · sessions
27Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Explore, in alphabetical order.
Annegret Junker
Architect, Author & Community Builder
Brian Zambrano
Deep Learning Architect · AWS
Chris Lauer
Chief Architect
Chris Richardson
Microservices.io
Dev Agrawal
Developer Relations Engineer · PowerSync
Devika Rajhamundry
University of Southern California
Diana Montalion
Mentrix: Architecting Systems
Diogo de Souza
AI Engineer & Entrepreneur
Elizabeth Ayer
Professor of Civic Technology
Eric Evans
Author of Domain-Driven Design
Ferdinand Ade
Developer & Consultant · codecentric
Gagan Vats
Software Engineer · Mercari
Ignacio Castillejos
Staff Engineer · The New York Times
Indu Alagarsamy
Principal Engineer · CircleCI
James Herr
Full Stack Engineer | Indie Game Developer | AI Experimenter
Jan Rosen
Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer · Taller
Javiera Laso
Lead Engineer Consultant · Thoughtworks
Jennifer (JD) Carlston
Engineering Leader
Jeremy Davis
Jessica Kerr
Honeycomb.io
John Phamvan
Founder · Kind Systems
Joseph Yoder
The Refactory - MetaYoda
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
SingleStone
Virtual Genius
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 27 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

27 companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
1All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
25Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Virtual Genius

Speakers by seniority

20% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite513%
  • Founder / Owner13%
  • VP-level13%
  • Director / Head of13%
  • Manager / Lead410%
  • Engineer · IC1333%
  • Other roles1538%

Of 40 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Virtual GeniusSp1V
  2. 02SingleStoneSp
  3. 03codecentric2V
  4. 04Thoughtworks2V
  5. 05AWS1V
  6. 06Blackbaud1V
  7. 07Bredemeyer Consulting1V
  8. 08CircleCI1V
  9. 09Codeminer421V
  10. 10Diamante Technical Coaching1V
  11. 11eBay1V
  12. 12Honeycomb.io1V
  13. 13IBM1V
  14. 14Kind Systems1V
Sponsors by tier
unspecified2
100% of 2